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Krišjānis Barons

1835 - 1923

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Krišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 – March 8, 1923) was a Latvian writer who is known as the "father of the dainas" (Latvian: "Dainu Tēvs"), largely thanks to his systematization of the Latvian folk songs, and his labour in preparing their texts for publication in Latvju dainas. His portrait appeared on the 100-lat banknote prior to the Lat being replaced by the Euro in 2014, his being the only human face of an actual person on modern Latvian currency. Barons was very prominent among the Young Latvians, and was also an important writer and editor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Krišjānis Barons is the 3,524th most popular writer (up from 3,574th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 96th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Krišjānis Barons ranks 3,524 out of 7,302. Before him are Roger Vailland, John Flanagan, Fanny Crosby, Mahmoud Shabestari, Évariste de Parny, and Claudius Salmasius. After him are Anna Langfus, Abu Ali Bal'ami, Richard Yates, Tibor Déry, Xiao Hong, and Carlo Rosselli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Krišjānis Barons ranks 56. Before him are Henri Brisson, Franz Defregger, Grigory Potanin, Lunalilo, Raphael Kalinowski, and Bertalan Székely. After him are Felix Draeseke, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Rain-in-the-Face, Manuel Quintana, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, and Alexander Potebnja. Among people deceased in 1923, Krišjānis Barons ranks 75. Before him are Walther Kadow, Princess Marie of Battenberg, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Katō Tomosaburō, Alexander Lodygin, and Józef Bilczewski. After him are Gunnar Nordström, Takeo Arishima, Kuroki Tamemoto, Jacoba van Heemskerck, Kadambini Ganguly, and Michel-Joseph Maunoury.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Krišjānis Barons ranks 97 out of 323. Before him are Eduard Totleben (1818), Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809), Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829), Vilhelms Purvītis (1872), Arvīds Jansons (1914), and Jānis Rudzutaks (1887). After him are Janis Rozentāls (1866), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942), Walter Zapp (1905), Karl Davydov (1838), and Jānis Krūmiņš (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Krišjānis Barons ranks 12. Before him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Vilis Lācis (1904), Vizma Belševica (1931), Yury Tynyanov (1894), and Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801). After him are Garlieb Merkel (1769), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Anna Brigadere (1861), Astrid Ivask (1926), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), and Aleksandrs Čaks (1901).

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